And then there were 40! Nadir Rustamli releases his Eurovision 2022 entry “Fade To Black” which will represent Azerbaijan in Turin.
The song is co-written by Thomas Stengaard and Andreas Stone Johnsson. Thomas was part of the teams that wrote Cyprus’ and San Marino’s Eurovision 2021 entries, while Andreas worked on Sweden’s Eurovision entry for 2019.
With the release of Azerbaijan’s entry, the Eurovision 2022 line up is now complete!
"Fade To Black" lyrics:
Stay
The story barely started
Can’t you stay?
Do you really want no part of this?
Oh, so sweet reverie
You back off slowly through the door
You always go and blame the weather, the weather
It hurts so fast
When love goes bad
Until at last
We fade to black
And I’m numb, numb
Numb, numb
Wait
I need some time to fix this
Can’t you wait?
We can’t afford to miss this
You back off slowly through the door
You always go and blame the weather, the weather
It hurts so fast
When love goes bad
Until at last
We fade to black
And I’m numb, numb
Numb, numb
We’re living in a memory
The present is the price I pay
Fade to black
We fade to black
We’re living in a memory
The present is the price I pay
(Fade to black)
(We fade to black)
(We’re living in a memory)
(The present is the price I pay)
It hurts so fast
When love goes bad
Until at last
We fade to black
Azerbaijan at Eurovision
Azerbaijan have competed at Eurovision 13 times, only failing to appear at the final once (2018). They made their debut in 2008 with Elnur and Samir and their song “Day After Day” which reached 8th in the contest.
In their first 6 years of competing, Azerbaijan made the top 10 every year. The highlight of this run was winning the contest in 2011 with Ell and Nikki and their song “Running Scared“. Azerbaijan’s most recent entry was Efendi and her song “Mata Hari” think reached 20th in the final.
What do you think of Azerbaijan’s entry? Where does it rank in the now completed Eurovision 2022 line up? Let us know in the comments below!
